Ports and Transportation

NEW YORK — Don’t expect much elbow room on flights this fall. Planes have never been so full. There was barely a spare seat this summer, and the next few months should be the same. Travelers can now add personal ...

WASHINGTON — The House has approved a stopgap bill intended to avoid a shutdown of federal highway and aviation programs, with Senate action expected later this week. The bill, which passed by a voice vote today, temporarily extends operating authority ...

DETROIT — Say you just bought a new car, and the right front tire goes flat as you’re driving down the freeway. Don’t be surprised if there’s no spare when you look in the trunk. This year, more than 14 ...

WASHINGTON — A Democratic-led Senate panel has approved an increase in airline ticket taxes of up to $6 for a round trip to cover increased security costs at airports. The move by the Appropriations homeland security subcommittee would mean that ...

Fears that car buyers would stay away from dealerships in August never materialized. Instead, Americans were lured by new models, cheaper financing and the need to replace aging cars. As a result, August sales rose 7.5 percent compared with the ...

NEW YORK — The Cadillac Escalade, a top pick of the rich and famous ranging from Hollywood celebrities to Wall Street executives, is also the favorite choice of thieves. The luxury SUV, which starts at more than $63,000, is the ...

A Justice Department lawsuit accuses a Louisiana shipbuilder of falsifying data to dupe the Coast Guard into awarding a government contract for lengthening patrol boats. The civil suit filed in Washington on July 29 claims Lockport-based Bollinger Shipyards Inc. made ...

WASHINGTON — American producers sold fewer industrial engines, electric generators and farm products to the rest of the world in June, pushing the trade deficit to the highest level since 2008 and dealing another blow to an already struggling economy. ...